> What can I honestly do, go protest about it somewhere and lose my job because I'm not at work? What you can do is when these topics are brought up in "polite

> What can I honestly do, go protest about it somewhere and lose my job because I'm not at work? What you can do is when these topics are brought up in "polite company", don't take the non-confrontationalist side that has won over the majority of the public. I've got a few great quotes by other HN users I've collected over time on this topic: "The only actions the public supports are those working within the system. There is no amount of (theoretical or not) fuck-up that warrants putting the fear of god into the heart of someone. Someone could very well be an existential threat and the most extreme action people find morally acceptable is writing some mildly mannered stuff on a cardboard... but only when and where the government approves" "Meanwhile, if you actually riot, or do anything destructive, you get slapped with a criminal conviction for the rest of your life. And still probably achieve nothing in the long run. Not to mention ever increasing removal of liberty by bills exactly like this and the current strike rhetoric being pushed." Openly supporting this idea is something any of us can do. Many of us already agree, but are afraid of admitting so out of fear of being ostracized.